I think failing a kid for using IDK on an answer where they were told to be clever is more extreme than I'd go personally. In situations like that I have just opted not to grade the paper and said that the child would have a zero until things were done correctly. It's the same short term result with the net long term possibility of fixing it and redemption in general.
I think that's a good and clear way of doing it. It's the lack of clearly stated expectations for what is failure that grate at me. You want to enforce your expectations? Communicate them first. Say what you've got a zero tolerance policy about FIRST. Otherwise, the leg you're standing on is hollow and riddled with termites.
I'm a little concerned that we're attacking Aims' sister, who is not here, so Aims is getting the brunt of the whole thing.
and your husband.
Heh. We have a "Good-bye Agreement" for him. Bless him for being so supportive of me doing it. He knows how much pain it is carting these puppies around.
I just massacred a plate of bacon and sausage and hash browns and scrambled eggs. It was a sodium and cholesterol bomb. I'm not going to be able to eat anything but fruit & veg for the rest of the day.
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I had the same concern, Dana, which is why I dropped it. I am actually impressed that Aims has been handling it so well.
I just had a tv-dinner-ish lunch: Tortellini Roman. It wasn't very good. I wonder if there's any frozen dinner thing that tastes good nuked....
I like the Safeway Select meals. The orange chicken especially tastes surprisingly good. The Eating Right meals aren't bad either.
